Word: concerning
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Despite the fact the 55 percent of the students at the Law School are 4F, Acting Dean Edmund M. Morgan '02 voiced little concern. "Many of the men would not be fit for any kind of service." he asserted, adding that the School has faced more drastic reductions in the past than any which may be forthcoming...
...federation of 66 cities and towns of the Greater Boston area in a Metropolitan Authority stands out among the many sweeping proposals of the prize-winning plan. This group would take over the functions now exercised by many diverse local and municipal departments, and "would actively concern itself with industrial and commercial development, as well as the control and direction of transit...
Discounting Future Gains. Why should the U.S. look at the same set of facts as the enemy and also find cause for concern? Basically, it was because the U.S. had always counted on receiving substantial help from General "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell's Chinese legions and Major General Claire L. Chennault's Fourteenth Air Force in reaching the China coast from the east. Now the China coast, and U.S. air bases within 400 miles of it, were being lost, perhaps for the duration. Many a U.S. strategist had taken for granted that soon after General MacArthur fulfilled his promise...
Britain could not fail to be aware of this development, but she showed no undue concern. Nor was she likely to, so long as she kept her imperial health and Russia kept her political head...
...Gamble. But tough, Norwegian-born Captain Roen, 56, a seafarer since he was 14, disagreed. If someone wanted the ship badly enough to pay a good price for the job, he would show that the biggest freighter that ever sank in the Great Lakes could be salvaged. No private concern was interested. The War Department, anxious to get the channel cleared, made a deal with Roen. The deal: if he could raise the ship, he could have her; if not, he must chop her off at his own expense to allow 35 feet of clear water over her. Roen took...